M0004158: Saint Roch, oil painting by Santa Cruz

Previous title, replaced May 2020: St. Roc., oil painting by Santa Cruz.

A black and white reproduction of an oil painting of Saint Roch by Santa Cruz. Saint Roch, depicted as a young man with a halo and wearing a pilgrim's garb. He has a grey and red plague-bubo on his right thigh, spouting blood, which is being blessed by a kneeling angel, left. In the background, a landscape including a city (perhaps meant to be Piacenza). The registration number for this object is R4761/1936 and was registered on the 22nd of June 1936 and its entry can be found in the Museums Accession register here. Related images: V0017392

1 February 1935

2 photographs glass plate negative; 16 x 12 cm photographic print; 16 x 8.5 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the item depicted in the glass plate negative: 44842i

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2021.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.